The Immersive Nutcracker is the ultimate experience gift for families this holiday.
This is a sponsored message from The Immersive Nutcracker For generations, The Nutcracker has been an essential part of so many families’ holiday traditions. The classic story never fails to make a little magic for our children, no matter how many times...
Give your kids behind-the-scenes access with Laurie Berkner’s Fan Club
My teens have grown up watching Laurie Berkner’s fun-filled music videos on Nick Jr, and spent many afternoons dancing to her greatest hits like Victor Vito and I’m Going to Catch You. They’ve fallen to sleep listening to her gentle lullabies playing...
Where to stream the 2022 Oscar-nominated movies, and which ones to watch with your kids
If you’re looking for where to stream the Oscar-nominated movies — both the ones you can watch with kids and the ones you can watch alone after they’re bed — I get it. Parent usually struggle to catch up on all our movies this time of year. Or...
The Schitt’s Creek Monopoly game is simply the best… at least as far as Monopoly games go.
If you’ve been missing your “Ew, David!” fix, or Moira’s capacious vocabulary (see what I did there?), I give you the ultimate family game night board game: The brand new Schitt’s Creek Monopoly game. Let’s just say that if you are...
How Ada Twist, Scientist is making STEM more accessible to girls | Spawned Episode 253
In a very exciting first for Spawned with Kristen and Liz, we chat with aerospace engineer, Keji Sojobi, who is a part of the new book-to-TV adaptation of the very popular Ada Twist, Scientist. We love how she’s working to make STEM more accessible to girls,...
Forget Hot Girl Summer. It’s about to be a Hot Mom Summer.
We’ve heard the buzz about having a Hot Girl Summer, and we’re totally on board for living your best life this summer (and well, all the time). But as moms, we can’t just toss a bathing suit on, pack a cooler, and head to the beach on our very own....
In the Heights movie is a celebration of love, dreams, community, family, and the melting pot that makes New York the greatest city in the world
Fair warning: This is not so much a review of the new In the Heights Movie, opening tonight, as it is a love letter. I am a movie person, as any longtime reader here knows. I’m also a Broadway person, a Lin Manuel person, and a proud native New Yorker. Put them...
Why parents need a little escape right now (and a little something to help with that)
Even though we’re starting to dip our toe in a bit of normalcy these days – with kids in school and the world opening up a bit more – the idea of getting a little respite from the daily grind still sounds magical. We’ve all done our best to...
Connecting with your teens and tweens: A simple, free way you’ll both enjoy!
A couple of weeks ago, I was chatting with my friend, who also happens to be a therapist, about how hard it’s been to find ways to connect with my tweens and teens. I couldn’t quite put my finger on why, because if you’re like me, you’ve seen...
5 free online courses that look fun to take with your mom for Mother’s Day
So far, we’ve loved what’s happening with The We Time Project that we introduced last month: In order to help you connect more with far away friends and family around shared experiences, we’ve been offering our readers 30 days worth of unlimited...
Terrific music to diversify your kids’ playlists, after 3 children’s music nominees back out of the Grammy awards
When three of the five nominees for this year’s Children’s Grammy awards declined to accept their nomination due to a lack of diversity in the nominations, the tight-knit world of kids’ music rallied around the artists in support. Cool Mom Picks...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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